<p>thanks a lot. Should I just go with the general mit ocw courses and read the books they use? With my level of math, would it be possible to just dive right into the entire landau series with multi/diff/linear algebra? What’s the difference between using landau series and other popular textbooks like griffiths/jackson/goldstein/schwinger?
Going through an entire series on the entire field of physics seems a lot more straightforward.
Would it be better to go through a series like that and bolster my general knowledge of physics as a whole rather than concentrating on one specific area since I’ll have to take courses in specific areas in college anyways?</p>
<p>Is there any place to start in math as well? I want to start learning analysis. </p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>Do you know what specific part of math/physics you’re interested in? It might be more worthwhile to just learn a little bit about a lot and try to find that niche you really want to delve into. That way, you’ll be able to hit the ground running aiming all of your electives towards whatever subfield you want.</p>
<p>Not really, I think i have time before I actually decide what specific part I would want to do. I want to take a range of courses in college in math and physics though first.
Should I just go with a theoretical physics book series as opposed to just following the course outlines on mit ocw? It seems wasteful to go to college and just sleep through every class like in high school if I already know everything when I’m paying for the tuition as well and I can’t just take placement tests and skip the class.</p>
<p>Can anyone give a list of the best/most comprehensive physics textbooks for someone first learning the topic in each area of physics?
And is there a list of classic/popular math textbooks as well? For topics like analysis, differential geometry, topology, etc. Like the way there are more widely used textbooks in physics like griffiths, jackson, etc. </p>
<p>thanks.</p>